Mechanism for producing designs on pile fabrics.



I. KITSEE. MECHANiSM FOR PRODUCING DkSIGNS ON FILE FABRICS. APPLICATIONFILED FEB. 23 1916.

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I. KITSEE.

MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING DESIGNS ON FILE FABRICS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, I9I6.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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I 3 I 1? Fla; .fiT I-" II I 8 I I I I I 1 I a I gI'l IUQWIIOL LWitweooeo ISIDCBR. KITSEE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MECHANISM FOR PROD UCING DESIGNS ON JPILE FA BRICS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.8,ll91l8.

Application filed February as, 1916. Serial no. taste.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ismon Krrsnn, acitizen of the United States,residing at Phila delphia, in ,the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements inMechanism for Producing Designs on Pile Fabrics, of which the followingis a speci fication.

My invention relates to an improvement in plle fabric, such as plushgoods.

To produce an apparent change in shades,

after the goods are dyed, designs are cut into the nap of the fabric,and to produce such designs in a more convenient and economical manneris one of the aims of my invention,

a second aim of my invention is to produce band illustrating part 0 thedesign. Fig.

3 is a vertical elevation of the means to produce the desi on the pilefabric with the aid of said en less band. Fig. 4: is a verticalelevation taken through the center of Fi 3. Flg. 5 is a top view of themeans as il ustfirated in Fig. 3 taken on the lines y, y of said re. a

li n Fig. 1, 2 is the endless band, 7 and 8 are two revoluble drums.

In Fig. 2, 2 indicates part of the endless band as an entirety; ofthisiband, 15 are the threads or wires, 1a the spaces closed up and 13the spaces left free. The endless band 2 is here shown as to consist ofa net.- ting, this netting may consist of a suitable fiber or mayconsist of a suitable metal and I prefer that this endless band shouldcomrise a wire netting in which the wires orming the spaces or meshshould be of the smallest possible diameter or ga e consistent with therequired strength 0 the band.

The design may be formed on the band, by first tracing the design on asuitable material, such for instance as a sheet of paper, preferablydivided into spaces equal to the mesh of the netting. 'llhose spaces 7then, which cover the design on the paper are closed up in the netting,so that in reality those parts which arenot closed up will, later on,form that part of the design on the, fabric which is in intaglio.

The filling-in material may consist of any of the suitable cements andIwill in a later application specify more specifically the mode andmanner of filling-in these spaces and the preferred cementitiousmaterial.

In Fig. 2, I have illustrated part of the band as consisting of wirenetting, but it is obvious, that the band itself may consist of asuitable material, such as a thin sheet metal and that, that part of thedesign, which in the pile fabrics should be reproduced in intaglio, maybe produced on the band in the shape of holes or perforations ofsuitable size.

In Fig. 3, 1 is the device for cutting-in the design as an entirety; ofthis device, 2

is the endless band carrying the design, this endless band is supportedand adapted to be rotated with the aid of the two drums and rollers 7and 8, 4 is the rotating cutter or knife and 3 the ile fabric into thesurface of which the designs have to be cut, 5 is the feeding rollerconnected through gearing with the shaft 6 and through the same and anadditional gearing with the driving roller 7,-9 indicates the roll ofthe fabric after the design was impressed thereon, 10 indicates the napof the pile goods to be cut away by the knife 4:.

In Fig. 4, 11 is a triangular shaped straight-edge adapted to spread thenap of the pile goods, so that it may freely enter the open mesh orperforation of the endless band, 12 indicates the means for winding upthe finished pile fabrics and these means consist here of an endlessband and friction pulleys or wheels.

In Fig. 5, 2 is the endless band of which 13 are the free and 14 are thefilled-in parts forming the design proper, l is the revolving knife, 7and 8 are the drums with the aid of which the endless band is put inmotion, 12 are the means for winding up the finished goods asillustrated in Fig. 4 and 6 is the connecting shaft, as more clearlyshown in Fig. 3.

It is obvious, that the diflerent moving parts of the device, such asthe drums or the rollers 5, 7 and 8 and the knife 4: have to be gearedso as to conjointly produce the required synchronous movement.

In practising my-invention, the goods are carried with the aid of theroller or drum 5, nap upward,'and theendless band 2 is pressed againstthe surface of the fabric, whereby the fibers of the nap are pressedthrough the spaces left open in the endless band, and the revolvingknife 4, will then cut off those parts of the fibers which areprotruding through the free spaces. Care should be taken, that thefrictional arrangement 12 is of suflicient and yet not too strong atension so as to allow the winding of the finished product at therequired speed.

I have described and illustrated in this application the removing of thefiber as to be produced by the process of cutting, but the removing mayalso be produced with the aid of a high temperature, such as a gas flameor electric wire brought to the necessary high temperature, and as thisprocess will form thesubject matter for another application, I deem itunnecessary to go here into more detail of same.-

I I have illustrated the endless band, carrying the design, as a nettingand in such case the parts of the pile which will be cut away andtherefore in intaglio will represent squares. But in some cases it isdesired, that those parts of the design which are in intaglio should beformed of dot-like formations, and in this case the endless band shouldbe formed of suitable solid matter, such for instance asa thin sheet ofmetal and that part of the design, which has to be in intaglio shouldbe, either stamped or otherwise pressed out in small perforations,

" such for instance as round holes of about one-fourth or one-half of aninch in diameter.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. Means to produce designs on pile, fabric,said means comprising a netting, predetermined parts of the intersticesof said netting closed, means to move said netting in conjunction withthe pile goods to be de-- signed and means to remove such parts of thefibers of said pile goods as are protruding above said nettipg.

2. In a device for producing designs on pile fabric, a netting, a designproduced on said netting during the closing of predetermined parts ofthe interstices between the threads of said netting and means to forcesuch parts of the nap of said fabric as are designed to beremovedthrough the open spaces of said netting and means to remove theso protruding parts.

3. In a device of the class described, a pile fabric, an endless band ofnetting, part of the free spaces of said netting closed, means 'torevolve said endless band, means to press said band on the face of saidpile fabric and means to shorten the fibers protruding through the openspaces of said nett1ng.'

4-. In a device of the class described, a metallic netting, part of thefree spaces of said netting closed up, a pile fabric, means to presssaid netting on said pile fabric, whereby the fibers below the openspaces of said netting are made to protrude through said open spaces andmeans to shorten such fibers as are protruding.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

ISIDOR KITSEE.

Witnesses FRANCES RUTHERFORD, ALVAH RrrT NHoUsE,

